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Towards further integration of exposure science in regulatory frameworks.

In the EU, chemicals management systems exist largely along the lines of human and environmental hazards. Exposure information - as a need for proper risk assessment - has long been undervalued and based mainly on models and estimates with very little actual and proper measurements. This Working Group supports the European Exposure Science Strategy 2020-2030 to achieve the following defined challenges: availability of exposure data, information and knowledge for use across policy domains, acceptance criteria for exposure data and methods across policies, integration of scientific exposure assessment and modelling frameworks, integration of exposure knowledge into companies’ management systems, regulatory adoption of innovative monitoring approaches, consideration of combined exposure to multiple chemicals and harmonizing the use of exposure science across all relevant policy domains (Bruinen de Bruin et al., 2022, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-021-00388-4,  Bridges et al., 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2023.105356).